Friday, November 28, 2008

Yummy Yummy in My Expanding Tummy

We took the kittens back to the vets last night to have their little stitches taken out (well, Eliot had her stitches taken out by the vet, Sylvia, in her infinite craziness, decided to take her's out on her own). They were rewarded with their favourite treats and some wacky cat nip. After the vet and some wretched Brussels' traffic, we headed home for dinner. We had goodies in for Italian (I just bought some really greenish looking spelt and spirilina pasta), and Thai - and we went for the Thai.

Now any long time readers will know that I don't toot my own horn when it comes to my cooking. I am just not the kind of lady. Especially not when I see the likes of River, Shellyfish, Celeste and other vegan bloggers who are consistently crafting beautiful and interesting food. BUT....last night's curry was the dish to end all dishes. So if you only ever try one of the the vegancowgirl's recipes...this is it!

I am not sure if it is some newly developed baby growing super power, or if it was the never-before-used Lime Leaves, but the curry was so tasty I wanted to cry (and lick the bowl) - I actually did both...but the tears were from an episode of Little Mosque on the Prairie.

All other ingredients were pretty generic Thai curry ingredients (though I did serve the curry on a bed of Japanese Soba noodles), so I am pretty sure it was the fresh and authentic tasting Lime Leaves that did the trick. Yum Yum!

In other news...(how did I manage to not blurt this out at the top of the post?) It's a Girl!!!! Is it selfish (or maybe weird) to be excited about the idea of making a mini feminist inside by belly right now? Well, too bad!

I am off to Dublin tonight with Kim - girl's weekend away. We spent last week in Nice, which was...ok. The conference was great, but the city was actually...not very nice. A little on the sleazy side. And the food was less than impressive. Ah well, you win some, you lose some. I am not going to start complaining about the wonderful travel opportunities I have. We are off to Budapest next weekend - to visit friends. It will be interesting what happens to this vegancowgirl in the land of the goulash (to quote kevin).

I also have to share a picture that Kevin took of me when we traveled to Ypres for Armistice Day.....we pulled over when we saw this pile of carrots on the side of the road. Both Kim and Kevin thought it was a vegan's dream to be atop a bed of carrots. Have they never tasted vegan brownies? Now THAT would be a vegan's dream.

17 comments:

Yay! I was going to say what Mihl said! Congratulations!The curry looks delicious, I highly recommend making your own naan bread too (or 'Bread of Narnia' as I like to call it).I'm very curious about Little Mosque on the Prairie now and would like to watch it but Amazon said no! >:o(

It's a girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!Wooooooooootttttt!I *knew* when I was pregnant it was a girl - seriously. Everyone thought I was crazy (which I am, but in a good way). I'm so happy for you! You could have grown to love a boy I guess... tee hee!You made me all blushy & stuff! Know what? I'd never cooked until I was pregnant, and didn't really start making anything on a regular basis until Guppy was about 1 - made a cake for the first time. I think you do get super powers, or at least enhanced powers, when you procreate (and use your powers for good, too!).

Thank you so much for the shout-out! At first I assumed you were talking about some other River (lovely low self esteem), but then I thought how many Rivers can there be out there in the blogging world? :)

Hello, As always amazed at your energy ,it must be your diet how do you do it?I must have missed something but now I hear that you are having a girl, I am so excited to be part of this group. Enjoy Dublin and the following weekend. I am in the kitchen with two Christmas puddings under my belt, two Christmas cakes and a Chrsitmas Cheesecake. I am not sure if you would be able to eat any of this stuff. The aroma of Chrsitmas is in our house and it is evoking so many memories. Happy Weekend Anne

And I'm sure one of these days, I try your curry. If I find the lime leaves and I would finally have a freezer to keep them.Enjoy your free traveling around, now you can still do it without dozens of bags with babyclothes, diapers, food, toys, ...

yay for a girl - what exciting news! :) the picture of you & the random pile o' carrots on the side of the road made me smile! that's so crazy! ahahahahaa! i love it!

your curry sounds so so so so soooo good! i've already printed off the recipe and i intend to pick up some lime leaves next time i visit the asian grocery store! wahooooooooooo! thanks again for the recipe, VeganCowGirl! i can't wait to try it!